Mar. 17, 2008
Game geeks continue to play hard
IT World Canada
Based on data collected by NPD Group, a market research firm, Microsoft trumped Sony when it came to sales this year over last. Sharky looks at the numbers and other competitors.
“Revenues in February, 2008 were $1.33 billion, up 34 per cent from February, 2007. Microsoft beat Sony in sales, while the third-place vendor was Nintendo, maker of the Wii. Video games have come a long way since Space Invaders was introduced in 1978”
The media center keyboard Apple should have made
ZD Net
Jason D. O’Grady shares his peeve with Apple now that Logitech has released its Cordless MediaBoard Pro, a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.
“I’ve been bugging Apple forever to release a Bluetooth keyboard with a built-in trackpad for use with a Mac media center. The problem is that Apple won’t listen because they’d prefer that we buy an Apple TV and use their teensy stick-of-gum Front Row remote. Bah.”
Microsoft denies Xbox 360 is Blu-ray bound
The Register
James Sherwood writes that according to what was said to Reuters, there are no plans to bring Blu-ray to the Xbox 360.
“Microsoft’s group product manager for Xbox 360, Aaron Greenberg, went on record to say that the two were not discussing bringing Blu-ray to the Xbox 360. The Xbox team ‘is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Disc Association about integrating Blu-ray into the Xbox experience,’ he told Reuters. Microsoft’s denial doesn’t rule out the possibility of a Blu-ray enabled Xbox 360 in the future, only that two pair aren’t chatting about it at the moment.”